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style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Julia Simkus graduated from Princeton University in May, 2023 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Her thesis was titled: <a href="https://dataspace.princeton.edu/handle/88435/dsp017m01bp977">The Instagram Diet: Social Media’s Influence on Young Women’s Body Image</a>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p>Julia is currently attending NYU for a 2-year Master’s in Mental Health Counseling and Wellness to fulfill her long-term goal of obtaining a career in this field.</p> <p>She is also an intern at Body Liberation Collective where she is working towards her required supervision and clinical hours.</p> <p><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">In addition to writing and editing articles for Simply Psychology, Julia has worked as a research assistant for Professor Nicole Avena at Princeton University.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p>At Princeton, Julia co-authored an article titled “<a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.653674/full"><em>Substance Use Disorders and Behavioral Addictions During the COVID-19 Pandemic and COVID-19-Related Restrictions</em></a>,” published in Frontiers in Psychiatry in April 2021. The article examined the prevalence of addictive behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p> <p>She has also co-authored 2 other articles,</p> <ol> <li>S<em>ugar Addiction in Animal Models</em> published in “<a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/food-and-addiction-9780190671051?cc=gb&lang=en&">The Handbook of Food & Addiction</a>” (chapter 33) by Oxford University Press.</li> <li><em>Food Addiction: Latest Insights on the Clinical Implications</em> which was published in the <a href="https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-3-030-92392-1">Handbook of Substance Misuse and Addictions: From Biology to Public Health</a> in October of 2022.</li> </ol> <p><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Julia has published over 70 articles for Simply Psychology. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Her main areas of expertise are psychotherapy research and theories, eating disorders, addiction, and mental health.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <h2><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Publications</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> <ul> <li>Simkus, J., & Avena, N. M. (2024). Sugar addiction in animal models. In A. N. Gearhardt, K. D. Brownell, M. S. Gold, & M. N. Potenza (Eds.), <em>Food and addiction: A comprehensive handbook</em> (Chapter 33). Oxford University Press.</li> <li><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Simkus, J., Gold, MS, Blum, K., Avena, NM (2022). </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Food Addiction. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">In: Patel, VB, Preedy, VR (Eds.), <em>Handbook of Substance Misuse and Addictions</em>. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Springer, Cham. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92392-1_160" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92392-1_160&source=gmail&ust=1688030048429000&usg=AOvVaw20eLFWddzwfSjgkm-WsSXv"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92392-1_160</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a></li> <li><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Avena, NM, Simkus, J., Lewandowski, A., Gold, MS, & Potenza, MN (2021). </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.653674/full"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Substance Use Disorders and Behavioral Addictions During the COVID-19 Pandemic and COVID-19-Related Restrictions</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><em><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></em><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> , 653674. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.653674"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.653674</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> </p> </p> <h2 class="gb-headline gb-headline-82f6bdc1 gb-headline-text">Professional Experience</h2> <p class="gb-headline gb-headline-f5101abf gb-headline-text"><h3><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">RESEARCH EXPERIENCE</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h3> <h4><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Psychology Research Assistant for Professor Nicole Avena: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><strong><em><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Princeton University</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></em><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> (June 2020 – January 2023)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></h4> <ul> <li><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Helped Edit sections for Professor Avena’s book on sugar addiction.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Co-authored a chapter titled, “Sugar Addiction in Animal Models” to be published in 2023 by Oxford University Press as part of a larger publication on addiction (listed as first author).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Conducted research on the neurobiology of food addiction and co-authored an article titled, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><em><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Food Addiction: Latest Insights on the Clinical Implications,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></em><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> published in the Handbook of Substance Misuse and Addictions: From Biology to Public Health in October 2022.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Drafted, edited, and co-authored an article on the prevalence of addictive behaviors during the COVID-19 Pandemic, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><em><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Substance Use Disorders and Behavioral Addictions During the COVID-19 Pandemic and COVID-19-Related </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></em><em><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;">Restrictions</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></em><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"><span style="vertical-align: inherit;"> , which was published in Frontiers in Psychiatry in April 2021.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <h4>Researcher, Writer, and Editor: <strong><em>Simply Psychology </em>(December 2021 – Present)</strong></h4> <ul> <li>Research, draft, edit, and produce articles related to theories of psychology, research methods, and mental health for an online publication utilized by students and educators worldwide.</li> <li>Published over 70 original articles on this site with a viewership of over 4 million/month.</li> </ul> <h4>Psychology Research Assistant for Professor Alexander Todorov: <strong>Social Perception Lab, Princeton University (June 2019 – August 2019)</strong></h4> <ul> <li>Created and analyzed studies on comparative decision-making.</li> <li>Developed content for ‘Decision-Making’ studies using Qualtrics and JavaScript.</li> <li>Uploaded and disseminated studies among online participants.</li> </ul> <h3><span style="text-decoration: underline;">CLINICAL EXPERIENCE</span></h3> <h4>Mental Health Counseling Intern: <strong>Body Liberation Collective (March 2024 – Present)</strong></h4> <ul> <li>Providing low fee meal support and therapy services to individuals struggling with eating disorders, disordered eating, chronic dieting, or body image dissatisfaction under the supervision of Courtney Daniels.</li> <li>Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)</li> <li>Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)</li> </ul> <h4>Recovery Coach: <strong><em>BALANCE Eating Disorder Treatment Center</em> (March 2021 – September 2021; May 2022 – July 2022)</strong></h4> <ul> <li>Conducted pre-meal and post-meal processing and provided support during 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